A supplement to the South Africa Survey entitled ‘Local Government and the Poverty Challenge’ has been completed. The Municipal Outreach Project was launched in January 2009, and much has been accomplished thus far. During this first year of the project, the objective was to identify the key poverty challenges in the eight municipalities targeted. This was done in two parts. First, extensive research into poverty at local government level was collated by the Institute’s Research Department. Second, the project team visited each of the eight municipalities to present the research findings as well as to get feedback based on the ‘grass-roots’ experiences of councillors, officials, and development organisations working within the municipalities. The supplement is a comprehensive publication of the research findings collated by the Institute as well as the ‘grass-roots’ experiences of councillors and officials.